Destiny took a turn
When i was four
Had vision problems
Could not see the black board
Forced to wear glasses
Bearing very high power
In the early seventies
Not very sophisticated
Thick and heavy
Layered and awkward
Wearing one to see
One in my bag for emergency
Became a target in school
For teachers and students alike
A victim to bully
No other target was easy
Called names like 4 eyes
They would take away my glasses
Not return it for houses
Almost blinded and struck by fear
The teachers were no less
Would catch their eye
With my conspicuous frame
A lane target my vision to blame
Savage in their treatment
Would get hit on my knuckles
As a form of punishment
Steel scale used as a weapon
Like a disease it spread
Neighbourhood was no less
Jokes would be made
Everyday put to shame
The frames weight
Would bring it down
Held by my nose bridge
I'd push it back to eye level
Did not realise
It looked silly and funny
Branded as a nut
Parents were summoned to school to call me a lunatic
The name stuck
Followed me forever
Playing Table Tennis my passion
One more place to be the victim
Same story different place
Match announced but never let me play
Held on to my glasses and racquet and made me beg
No respite for no fault of mine
Teachers Students Neighbours
Principal Vice Principal and others
No place to hide
Wherever i went always bore the brunt
Confidence took a beating
Started compulsive lying
Called out on every lie
Liar tag attached to the cuckoo already there
Abused made fun of beaten and targeted
Weakest link in any chain was guaranteed
Became the image that was projected
Helpless in solitary i used to cry
Tried to become likeable
Instead of being sensible
People pleasing would do the miracle
Wrongly assumed the bigger became the battles
Trampled upon for no reason
Father's pet a new reason
Life at home was catching up
Only place left was filling up
Wanted to study in America
Not fit for decided my sister in law
She wanted to go before i had no idea
My I 20 was sent back saying no such person existed
Life at a dead end
Competition with me for no reason
Pushed life to the brink
Wanted me to fully sink
Father's favourite son
Went unpunished for every sin
The impression in people's thoughts
How wrong they were by far
First time for my father
Didn't know how to handle
Was as boxed in a corner as i was
I was getting the punches he was bleeding in his heart
Bully the word that sums it all
Bullied was all my life what i was
Me for being myself that is all
What was my fault ?
A victim of bullying
Shooed away by many human beings
All walks of life treated like a worm
Finally turned to Bruce Lee the God of Anti Bullying